Progress - 1951 (Wye College)

East Kent Golding - c 1700's

        Fuggle - 1875

English hop technology as such started with Reynolde Scott, back in 1574, when he wrote the first definitive
instructions on how hops should be grown. Since then various advances have been made, most notably in plant breeding to increase the diversity of varieties grown for brewing.
Our most renowned varieties are Goldings and Fuggle, developed in the 18^th and 19^th centuries. Since then, many new varieties have been bred at Wye College, which remains the centre of hop breeding World wide. The breeding programme continues using only classical techniques to produce hybrid seedlings from which suitable
'new varieties' are chosen. There is no genetic manipulation of any kind.

[Stolen directly from  http://www.hopsfromengland.com  If you want to know more about the Hop
itself and how it is now sold World wide, take the link]

   

Now you know all about 'The Hop' (some hope), you had better see what it's like in practise. Charing has      several hostelries in which to try Bitter Beer. The Camra * Good Beer Guide only lists one in fact, but that one has Won the Kent's Best Pub award so often it needs more wall space to hold the certificates. The Bowl Inn is within the Parish boundary, but outside the village itself. On Bowl Road, at the top of the North Downs, overlooking the village. If you time your visit in June, you can taste a whole host of English Beers in a now renowned Beer        festival . ( www.bowlinn.co.uk )






*((Campaign for real ale))